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erronis

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1. Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) are a huge malignancy on the malignant health-care industry.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 06:46 PM

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I've dealt with them at the state regulatory level. They have mega-bucks behind them (the insurance companies) and add a level of unnecessary interference in free pricing. Just like the insurance companies.

Lawyers and lobbyists and middlemen all having nice dinners talking about how best to get more money out of the consumers and taxpayers.

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